Edwin Land
Edwin Land · Technology & Engineering
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1909, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States — 1991, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
United States
Edwin Land is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Polaroid Camera
Edwin Land was an American scientist and inventor who co-founded the Polaroid Corporation and, in 1947, demonstrated the first instant camera, letting people develop a photograph in about a minute. He held more than 500 patents and his retinex theory of color vision remains influential; his work later helped inspire figures such as Steve Jobs. Land was born to a Jewish family in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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Source: Instant photography
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Source: Instant photography
